Headpiece



I. PERELMAN July 10, 1956 HEADPIECE Filed June 2, 1954 FIG. I.

INVENTOR ISAAC PERELMAN. BY 5 E1 ATT NE.Y

United fitates Patem 2,753,566 HEADPIECE Isaac Perelman, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application June 2, 1954, Serial No. 433,888 1 Claim. (Cl. 2171.5)

This invention relates to the art of headpieces and particularly concerns a novel adjustable headpiece capable of assuming a variety of configurations permitting various degrees of exposure of the head of the wearer.

The invention is directed to a headpiece which is both novel in structure and ornamental in appearance. The headpiece may assume a variety of configurations each of which has its own particular utility and ornamental appearance.

It is a principal object of the invention to provide a headpiece having a crown which includes a plurality of flexible leaves.

It is a further object to provide a headpiece having a crown including a plurality of leaves which may be arranged by snap fasteners as a closed top cap and alternatively as a coronet with curled leaves.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and the scope of the invention will be defined in the appended claim.

The invention will be best understood with reference to the following description taken together with the drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the headpiece embodying the invention, in closed configuration.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the headpiece in open configuration.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the headpiece showing details of construction.

Figs. 4 and 5 are elevational views of the configurations of Figs. 1 and 2 respectively.

Fig. 6 shows a modification of the invention.

In Fig. 1, the headpiece is shown including a brim 1t) and a generally circular crown 11. The crown is cut to form a plurality of flexible leaves 12 extending from the base of the crown. Although six leaves are shown, more or less than six leaves may be provided. Near the pointed free end of each leaf is a female section of a snap fastener. The rounded button sides 13 of the fasteners are shown in Fig. l. The ends of the leaves 12 are cut to leave star shaped opening 0 in the top center of the crown. This opening is substantially closed by a circular bridging member 14.

In Fig. 3 is clearly shown the form of the circular member 14. The member carries a plurality of male snap fastener elements 15 uniformly spaced to engage the female elements 16 of the snap fastener parts on the leaves 12.

The crown 11 includes a plurality of male snap fastener elements 17 disposed near the base of the crown on the central axes of the leaves 12. The purpose served by these elements 17 will be discussed later.

When the headpiece is in closed configuration as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, it resembles a closed cap with a brim. The provision of the brim is optional and may be omitted. There are a number of types of material of which the cap may be made including cloth of open or close weave, leather, plastic film, and the like. The center bridging section may be made of the same material as the crown or of such other material as found suitable. Although the headpiece resembles a cap superficially it presents a novel and striking appearance, of casual or sport-like character.

In the configuration of Figs. 1 and 4 the head of the wearer is shielded from sun, wind, and rain. The construction of the headpiece permits of the coronet-like configuration of Figs. 2 and 5. In this arrangement each leaf has a full curl C so that it's inner free end meets and is attached to the male snap fastener 17 disposed at the base of the leaf. The crown of the headpiece is fully open at the center, leaving the top of the head of the wearer exposed. If the brim is omitted, the resemblance of the headpiece to a coronet is quite effective. The fully open configuration of Figs. 2 and 5 does not require the use of the bridging member 14.

In Fig. 4 the bridging member is disposed inside the ends of the leaves near its periphery but is exposed at its central portion. In a modification of the invention shown in Fig. 6, the female snap fastener elements 16 are disposed on the outer sides of the leaves 12, with the button 13 on the inner sides. Member 14 attaches to the outer sides of leaves 12 by means of the male elements 15 which engage elements 16. In fully open configuration, each leaf 12 will be curved in a half loop L so that elements 16 engage with elements 17 disposed at the base of the crown 11.

Fig. 3 shows a configuration which requires at least two leaves 12 to engage the bridging member 14 while one or more of the remaining leaves are curled as desired and retained in shape by the fastener elements 16, 17. This configuration is the partially open one and illustrates the manner in which the headpiece opening may be adjusted as desired.

A particularly important use of the headpiece is for sportswear. For golf, hunting, and sports where a closed headpiece is desired, the headpiece is used in the configuration of Figs. 1 and 4. For very active sports such as tennis and whenever maximum head exposure is desired the fully open configuration of Figs. 2 and 5 can be used. The partially open configuration will be used when an intermediate degree of exposure of the head of the wearer is desired.

Although a limited number of embodiments of the invention have been disclosed, this has been done by way of illustration. The invention is not to be construed as limited thereto since many modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

I claim:

A headpiece comprising a generally circular crown including a plurality of radially and upwardly extending flexible leaves joined at the base of the crown and having tapered upper free ends, a snap fastener element disposed near the upper free end of each leaf, a generally circular member carrying a plurality of uniformly spaced snap fastener elements near its periphery, and a snap fastener element disposed near the base of each leaf, said fastener elements on said circular member and at the bases of said leaves being engageable with the fastener elements at the free ends of said leaves, whereby the headpiece has the configuration of a closed cap when the circular member is attached to the free ends of all of the leaves by means of the fastener elements at said free ends of the leaves and the fastener elements on said circular member, and whereby the headpiece has a selected degree of opening in the crown when at least one leaf is curled and its free end is attached to the snap fastener element at the base of the leaf by means of the fastener element at the free end of said leaf.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 79,420 Waterman et al June 30, 1868 2,181,446 Ames Nov. 28, 1939 2,349,471 Starbeck May 23, 1944 2,629,874 La Maida Mar. 3, 1953 2,682,668 Hoeflich July 6, 1954 

